Posts Tagged ‘technique’

9 Jul 2009

Why I shoot in Av or Aperture Priority mode

Posted by Juan Pons. 19 Comments

I hear it over and over again “real photographers only shoot in manual mode”, and every time I just shake my head. Yes there are plenty of photographers, real or otherwise that shoot in “Aperture Priority”, “Shutter Priority”, or even (gasp…) “Program” mode.

12 Jun 2009

Quick Tip: “Option” key when sharpening in Lightroom

Posted by Juan Pons. 9 Comments

Sharpening is a crucial step in your digital workflow, however my experience is that it is also one of the most misunderstood. Every digital image requires a certain level of sharpness (or unsharp mask) applied to it, the reasons are quite technical and they revolve around the pattern in which the pixels are arranged in [...]

23 Apr 2009

The Basics: Rule of Thirds

Posted by Juan Pons. No Comments

You would think that most everyone who does any type of photography would be familiar with this rule, however the more photographers I meet the more I find that 1) have never heard of it, 2) had heard about it but did not understand it, or 3) had heard of it in the past and had forgotten about it.

So let’s do a quick review.